{"version":"2.1.286","anchor":"macos-paths-normalized-to-nfc","canonical_anchor":"macos-paths-normalized-to-nfc","heading":"File paths with accented characters now match consistently on macOS","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286\/e\/macos-paths-normalized-to-nfc","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.286","markdown":"### File paths with accented characters now match consistently on macOS\n\nOn macOS, Claude Code now converts file paths to a single standard Unicode form so names with accents match reliably\n\n**What**\n\nOn macOS, Claude Code now converts file paths to one standard Unicode form, called NFC, when it tidies them up for comparison. Unicode is the system computers use to represent text. An accented letter such as \u00e9 can be stored either as one character or as a plain letter followed by a separate accent mark, and NFC always uses the single-character form. Before, paths were left in whatever form they arrived in. Other operating systems are unaffected.\n\n**Why**\n\nFile names with accents or other combined characters could look identical but fail to match because they were stored differently. On macOS they should now match consistently.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}